Former Manchester United FA Cup winner Mark Robins says the board must be patient with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Robins, now manager of League One outfit Coventry City, believes that Solskjaer must be given plenty of time to implement his philosophy on the playing squad.

"What he's trying to do is reinstall the values that he felt as a player and that were there under Sir Alex," he told Sky Sports.

"He needs time to do that. If you remember when Sir Alex took over, it was six years before that started to take an effect.

"I don't think you get that times these days but I think the board will be patient. As long as they can see things moving forward in the right way they will be patient.

"Clearly you need to get results alongside that. Ole knows that but the noises coming out of there and what is being said, they seem happy, the players seem happy, it seems a happier camp.

"Things can turn quickly but you need results to maintain it. I hope he gets that time and he gets the backing in the transfer market because it's going to take a long time to get them back to where they were."